Dumbledore

"Ding! It is exactly midnight. New items have appeared in the shop!"

Li Weide set down the Spellbook disguised as Oliver Twist and directly summoned the System Shop.

Item One: Energy Potion 50ml (Unlocked) — 5 Merit Points

Item Two: Premium Memory Potion (Unlocked) — 100 Merit Points

Refresh countdown: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 30 seconds

Merit Points: 165

Dark Lord Achievement: Not achieved

At first glance, these two items seemed rather unremarkable.

Li Weide casually checked the system descriptions for both items.

Energy Potion: An Energy Potion produced by the system. Just 50ml will leave the drinker full of energy and free from fatigue for forty-eight hours. Drink in moderation as appropriate. Excessive consumption will cause drowsiness as a side effect. If side effects have already occurred, please proceed to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for treatment during the brief period of wakefulness.

Isn't this just upgraded coffee...? Looking at the Energy Potion on the shop interface, Li Weide felt an unexpected sense of familiarity.

He had drunk plenty of coffee for work in his previous life...

Then, Li Weide turned his attention to the second item again.

Li Weide keenly noticed that although the second item was also called a potion, it did not list a dosage like the Energy Potion did.

Premium Memory Potion: An exclusive product produced by the system. Upon consumption, it will greatly enhance the drinker's memory. The potion's effect is permanent.

Though the description was simple and blunt, Li Weide's eyes lit up.

A person's memory was one of the most important foundations for learning new knowledge. A good memory could provide tremendous help, whether in study or research!

What was more, the potion's effect was actually permanent!

Though he did not know exactly how great this "great enhancement" would be, Li Weide still spent one hundred Merit Points without hesitation to buy the potion.

Speaking of those 165 Merit Points...

Though he did not know why the harder he hit Tom, the more Merit Points he received, he still had to thank Mr. Riddle for his selfless contribution.

Otherwise, he could only have left this Memory Potion locked for now.

Li Weide felt a familiar warmth in his palm, and then a small transparent glass bottle appeared in his hand.

Li Weide pulled out the stopper and sniffed it. It was colorless and odorless, as unremarkable as ordinary water...

Without wasting any time, Li Weide tilted back his head and poured all the potion in the bottle into his mouth.

Li Weide smacked his lips. Well, it tasted just like distilled water too—completely tasteless.

Just then, the small glass bottle in Li Weide's hand suddenly turned into specks of light and vanished, as though the system had recycled it.

Li Weide carefully sensed his body, but he did not feel anything unusual, as if the potion he had just drunk really had been nothing more than ordinary water.

Somewhat puzzled, Li Weide waited a while longer before picking up the Spellbook and rapidly skimming through a page he had not read before.

After he finished skimming it, Li Weide finally felt the change in himself...

He had only read through it roughly once, without even beginning to comprehend the knowledge within, yet the words and diagrams had already been deeply imprinted in his mind like photographs!

It was as though he had read and memorized them over and over again.

The Premium Memory Potion worked even better than Li Weide had expected. After greatly enhancing his memory, Li Weide seemed to have gained Photographic Memory!

Li Weide was in an excellent mood. Those one hundred Merit Points had been very well spent!

Once again, he thanked Tom in his heart for his outstanding contribution...

Afterward, Li Weide bought the bottle of Energy Potion as well. Then he lifted a floor tile beneath the carpet and placed the potion inside.

The temporary storage compartment also contained the Dittany Li Weide had bought earlier.

After hiding the potion, Li Weide glanced at his remaining balance of only sixty Merit Points.

Tom was a pretty good tool for farming Merit Points, but constantly fleecing him was still too slow.

Li Weide decided to try other methods of farming Merit Points tomorrow.

As for tonight...

After glancing at the cold, hard iron bed, Li Weide decisively lifted the carpet again, pried up the floor tile, and took out the Energy Potion.

Why sleep long while alive when one could sleep forever after death...

Now that he had Photographic Memory and the boost of "super coffee," how could he fail to study hard and still be worthy of Comrade Riddle's selfless contribution?

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

That afternoon.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

A series of knocks sounded from the tightly shut front doors of the Orphanage.

Ellie hurriedly set down the tray of iodine and ran to open the doors.

Outside stood a tall, thin man who looked somewhat weary.

He wore an extremely ornate dark purple velvet suit, making him look quite peculiar.

His hair and beard were both reddish-brown. Though he was dressed very strangely, he carried himself with exceptional grace.

He must be a lawyer or a professor or something... Ellie thought.

The tall, thin man offered a kind smile. "Good afternoon. I have an appointment with Mrs. Cole. I believe she is the headmistress here."

"Oh... please wait a moment." Ellie turned around and shouted into the distance, "Mrs. Cole..."

A loud reply came from far away. Only then did Ellie turn back to the tall, thin man. "Come in. She'll be here shortly."

The tall, thin man stepped into the hallway paved with black-and-white tiles and silently looked around.

The entire place seemed shabby and run-down. It was clear that the Orphanage was not doing very well.

Yet this dilapidated place had been kept spotlessly clean. Evidently, the person in charge here was indeed very conscientious.

Before the doors behind him had even fully closed, Mrs. Cole hurried over with a weary expression.

As she approached the tall, thin man, she anxiously spoke to another girl wearing an apron.

"...Then take this bottle of iodine upstairs to Martha. Billy Stubbs has been picking at his scabs, and Eric Whalley's sheets are soaked in sweat, but dealing with the chickenpox is the most urgent matter..."

Before Mrs. Cole could finish speaking, she noticed the tall, thin man in front of her. To be honest, his peculiar attire rather surprised her.

"Good afternoon." The tall, thin man extended his hand. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I wrote you a letter to arrange an appointment, and you kindly invited me to come here today."

Mrs. Cole looked dazed. After a moment, she said, "Oh... right, there was indeed such an appointment... Well, then. Let's talk in my office."

With a smile on his face, Dumbledore politely followed Mrs. Cole.

At the stairway landing, Li Weide watched Dumbledore's retreating figure, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Dumbledore had finally come!

Although Dumbledore was still very young, Li Weide had recognized him easily from his distinctive appearance and bearing.

After all, at this time and in this place, there was no one else but him who could be the tall, thin man with a crooked nose and blue eyes coming to visit Mrs. Cole.

Beside Li Weide, Tom was holding a ragged old cloth and reluctantly wiping the stair railing.

Dumbledore's unusual appearance naturally caught his attention at once.

"Who's that? That color of clothing is disgusting... Was his nose broken by someone?"